[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 77.17 # 法苑珠林 77.17 法苑珠林 77.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [77.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77.17) 時值帝釋與諸天眾欲至佛所。遇見盧至醉舞而歌言勝帝釋。帝釋默念。此慳貪人屏處飲酒罵辱於我。我當惱之。即變己身作盧至形。往到其家。聚集母妻奴婢眷屬。於母前坐而白母言。我於前後有大慳鬼。隨逐於我使我慳惜。不著不噉不與眷屬。皆由慳鬼。今日出行值一道人。與我好祝得除慳鬼。然此慳鬼與我相似。彼若來者當好打棒。其必詐稱我是盧至。一切家人莫信其語。急當閉門。慳鬼儻來。待我所作然後開門。即作好食合家充飽。復開庫藏出諸財寶衣服瓔珞。賜與母妻居家眷屬。及施餘人。訖已作樂歌舞歡樂。不可具說。人聞盧至慳鬼得除。皆來觀看。盧至酒醒歸家到門。聞歌舞聲極大驚愕。打門噭喚都無聞者。帝釋聞喚語眾人言。打門喚者或是慳鬼。人聞慳鬼開門走避。盧至得入。居家眷屬。悉皆不認。言是慳鬼即便捉脚。倒拽打棒。驅令出門。到巷大哭。唱言怪哉。我今身形。為異於本。為不異本。何故家人見棄如是。言我是鬼都不見認。我於今者如何所噵。盧至爾時如似顛狂。傍人親里咸來慰喻。汝是盧至我是汝親。故來看汝。汝好強意當作方計用自分明。盧至聞已意用小安。收淚而言。倩諸人等更看我面。我今實是盧至以不。人皆答言。汝於今者實是盧至。即語眾人言。汝等皆能為我作證不。眾人皆言。我為汝證實是盧至。盧至答言。汝等若爾聽說因緣。 > At that time, Śakra happened to be going to where the Buddha was together with his heavenly host. He happened to see Rucika drunkenly dancing and singing, claiming to excel Śakra. Śakra thought to himself, 'This stingy and greedy man drinks wine in a secluded place and insults me. I shall trouble him.' He immediately transformed his own body into Rucika's form, went to Rucika's house, and gathered the mother, wife, male and female slaves, and relatives. Sitting in front of his mother, he addressed her, saying, 'In the past and recently, there has been a great stingy ghost following and pursuing me, making me stingy and sparing, so that I did not wear clothes, eat well, or give to my relatives—all on account of the stingy ghost. Today when I went out, I met a man of the Way who gave me a good incantation that enabled me to dispel the stingy ghost. However, this stingy ghost looks similar to me. If he comes, you should give him a sound beating with clubs. He will certainly falsely claim, "I am Rucika." None of the family members must believe his words! Close the gate quickly. If the stingy ghost should come, wait until what I am doing is finished, and only then open the gate.' He then prepared good food, filling the whole family to satisfaction. He also opened the storehouses, brought out various treasures, clothes, and necklaces, and bestowed them upon the mother, wife, family members, and relatives, and gave to other people as well. Having finished, they played music, sang, danced, and rejoiced, beyond all description. People heard that Rucika's stingy ghost had been dispelled, and all came to watch. When Rucika sobered up from the wine, he returned home and reached the gate. Hearing the sounds of singing and dancing, he was greatly astonished. He knocked on the gate and cried out, but no one responded. Hearing the cries, Śakra said to the crowd, 'The one knocking on the gate and crying out is probably the stingy ghost.' Hearing of the stingy ghost, the people opened the gate and fled to avoid him. Rucika was able to enter. His household and relatives all refused to recognize him, saying he was the stingy ghost, and thereupon seized his feet, dragged him upside down, beat him with clubs, and drove him out of the gate. Reaching the alley, he wept loudly, crying out, 'How strange! Is my present physical form different from the original, or is it not different from the original? Why do my family members abandon me like this, claiming I am a ghost and refusing to recognize me at all? What am I to say now?' At that time, Rucika was as if raving mad. Bystanders and relatives all came to comfort him: 'You are Rucika, and I am your relative, so I have come to look after you. You should strengthen your resolve and devise an expedient method to make yourself clear.' Having heard this, Rucika felt a little comforted in his mind, wiped away his tears, and said, 'I beg you all to look at my face again. Am I now truly Rucika or not?' Everyone answered, saying, 'At present you are indeed Rucika.' He then said to the crowd, 'Can you all testify for me or not?' The crowd all said, 'We will testify for you that you are indeed Rucika.' Rucika replied, 'If that is so, listen to me explain the circumstances:' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 77.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77.16) - [Next: 77.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77.18) - [Up: 77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.77.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [盧至長者因緣經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nidana.lohitasresthinidanasutra*zh-t539.1.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77.17) · Pramāṇa